Antofagasta - Unión La Calera: Small difference between teams in Primera Division clash

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Wed 29.September
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán (21178 seats)

Primera Division: Two sides in good form get together for this game. Unión La Calera might have a wee upper hand with their 2nd position in the table?

Insights:
  • Antofagasta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera Division

The hosts Antofagasta saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primera Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cobresal.

Unión La Calera have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Antofagasta form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Antofagasta at their home stadium (Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Antofagasta lost their last game at Cobresal (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Curico Unido that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Antofagasta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antofagasta as a small favourite), we find nine games. Antofagasta has won five of these, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Antofagasta as they are travelling to their away game against Universidad Chile in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.

The Antofagasta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Antofagasta have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Calera had fun at their own home (Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán) last time out, beating O'Higgins 2-0. J. Vargas and É. Wiemberg scored.

Prior to that result Calera won their away game at Audax Italiano. The scoreline was 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Calera playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Unión La Calera wins, three draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Universidad Catolica in just three days.

Calera are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Unión La Calera in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other before this match year: Unión La Calera - Antofagasta 2-1. Antofagasta-Unión La Calera H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Antofagasta four wins, Unión La Calera three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Unión La CaleraR. Rivero Falero
R. Rivero Falero
8 goals
AntofagastaE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
5 goals
AntofagastaT. Figueroa
T. Figueroa
5 goals

Antofagasta missing players

Unión La Calera missing players

Antofagasta Unión La Calera
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
7 6 1 Won W 2 4 11
7 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 2 Lost L 1 3 5
24 14 4 Scored S 4 12 25
24 11 5 Conceded C 3 13 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 57%
40% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 43%
10% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
10% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
70% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 38%
20% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 24%
 
4.5 5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.3 3.9
4.9 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.8
2.1 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.6 11.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.5 11
4.2 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 3.8
28% 29% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 31%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Antofagasta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antofagasta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión La Calera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colo-Colo 20 12 4 4 32 17 10 5 2 3 12 6 10 7 2 1 20 11 15 40
2 Unión La Calera 21 11 5 5 25 22 11 7 2 2 13 9 10 4 3 3 12 13 3 38
3 Universidad Catolica 20 11 2 7 35 27 10 8 2 0 23 9 10 3 0 7 12 18 8 35
4 Audax Italiano 21 9 8 4 25 20 10 6 2 2 13 10 11 3 6 2 12 10 5 35
5 Universidad Chile 19 9 6 4 26 18 9 4 3 2 10 8 10 5 3 2 16 10 8 33
6 Union Espanola 21 10 3 8 34 29 11 6 2 3 20 16 10 4 1 5 14 13 5 33
7 Cobresal 21 9 5 7 28 21 11 7 2 2 20 8 10 2 3 5 8 13 7 32
8 Antofagasta 20 7 7 6 24 24 10 6 1 3 14 11 10 1 6 3 10 13 0 28
9 Everton 21 7 7 7 17 19 11 4 4 3 10 10 10 3 3 4 7 9 -2 28
10 Nublense 20 6 8 6 30 26 10 5 4 1 18 7 10 1 4 5 12 19 4 26
11 La Serena 21 6 7 8 28 26 10 5 3 2 16 9 11 1 4 6 12 17 2 25
12 Palestino 21 7 4 10 29 31 10 5 2 3 16 12 11 2 2 7 13 19 -2 25
13 Huachipato 20 4 11 5 25 26 10 2 6 2 9 9 10 2 5 3 16 17 -1 23
14 O'Higgins 21 5 7 9 16 28 10 3 4 3 10 13 11 2 3 6 6 15 -12 22
15 Melipilla 21 5 6 10 25 36 11 2 5 4 15 18 10 3 1 6 10 18 -11 21
16 Curico Unido 21 4 8 9 23 30 10 3 4 3 16 15 11 1 4 6 7 15 -7 20
17 Santiago Wanderers 19 2 2 15 12 34 10 1 2 7 8 21 9 1 0 8 4 13 -22 8

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The Chilean Primera División is the top level league of the football pyramid in Chile. It is also known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital, a sponsorship name. The league has 16 teams playing a season from February to December, split into Apertura (“opening”) and Clausura (“closing”) tournaments.